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package javax.swing;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

/**
 * Any component that can be placed into a menu should implement this interface.
 * This interface is used by <code>MenuSelectionManager</code>
 * to handle selection and navigation in menu hierarchies.
 *
 * @author Arnaud Weber
 */

public interface MenuElement {

 /**
 * Processes a mouse event. <code>event</code> is a <code>MouseEvent</code>
 * with source being the receiving element's component.
 * <code>path</code> is the path of the receiving element in the menu
 * hierarchy including the receiving element itself.
 * <code>manager</code> is the <code>MenuSelectionManager</code>
 * for the menu hierarchy.
 * This method should process the <code>MouseEvent</code> and change
 * the menu selection if necessary
 * by using <code>MenuSelectionManager</code>'s API
 * Note: you do not have to forward the event to sub-components.
 * This is done automatically by the <code>MenuSelectionManager</code>.
 */
 public void processMouseEvent(MouseEvent event,MenuElement path[],MenuSelectionManager manager);


 /**
 * Process a key event.
 */
 public void processKeyEvent(KeyEvent event,MenuElement path[],MenuSelectionManager manager);

 /**
 * Call by the <code>MenuSelectionManager</code> when the
 * <code>MenuElement</code> is added or remove from
 * the menu selection.
 */
 public void menuSelectionChanged(boolean isIncluded);

 /**
 * This method should return an array containing the sub-elements for the receiving menu element
 *
 * @return an array of MenuElements
 */
 public MenuElement[] getSubElements();

 /**
 * This method should return the java.awt.Component used to paint the receiving element.
 * The returned component will be used to convert events and detect if an event is inside
 * a MenuElement's component.
 *
 * @return the Component value
 */
 public Component getComponent();
}